Das Indian Enforcement Directorate hat Vermögenswerte im Wert von ungefähr beschlagnahmt $5 Millionen im Zusammenhang mit einem mutmaßlichen Kryptowährungsbetrug mit Morris-Coin, der Investoren hinters Licht geführt hat $162 Million. Der Erlös aus der Kriminalität wurde zum Kauf von Kryptowährungen verwendet.
India Authorities Seize Assets in Alleged Crypto Scam Case
Indien’s Durchsetzungsdirektion (Ed), a specialized financial investigation agency under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, has seized assets valued at 36.72 crore rupees ($5 Million) in connection with a cryptocurrency scam.
The ED began investigating the scheme after a first information report (FIR) was registered by the Kerala Police under the Indian Penal Code. Multiple other FIRs were subsequently registered by police in other districts.
The scheme involves a nonexistent cryptocurrency called Morris coin. Nishad and his companies conducted an initial coin offering (ICO) for the coin and collected money from investors. The ED explained that they held “promotional events in the presence of celebrities” and used “flashy websites” to attract investors. The police said that over 900 investors were duped out of 1,200 crore rupees.
The money collected from investors was used to purchase immovable properties, Kryptowährungen, and luxury cars, as well as pay for premium hotels and resorts, the ED noted.
The seized assets belong to Nishad K. and his associates. They include money in multiple bank accounts, land, and cryptocurrencies purchased out of the proceeds of crime.
The ED detailed:
Cryptocurrencies such as ETH, BTC, BNB, YFI, VET, ES GIBT, und USDT, bewertet bei ₹25,82,794, and maintained at Indian and international crypto exchanges, were found. They were purchased out of the proceeds of crime.
“During investigation, all the above cryptocurrencies … were converted into Indian rupee and transferred to the bank account by the coins’ Eigentümer, which were attached,” the ED statement notes.
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